Report On The Administration Of Bengal

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Page 123 - ... when the question is one of a common or general interest, of many persons, or when the parties are numerous, and it is impracticable to bring them all before the court, one or more may sue or defend for the benefit of all.
Page 18 - That the value of the produce or the productive powers of the land have been increased otherwise than by the agency or at the expense of the ryot.
Page 17 - No ryot having a right of occupancy shall be liable to an enhancement of the rent previously paid by him except on some one of the following grounds, namely: — That the rate of rent paid by such ryot is below the prevailing rate payable by the same class of ryots for land of a similar description and with similar advantages in the places adjacent.
Page 15 - In parts of Eastern Bengal there seems to be a disposition among the ryots to combine in something like leagues and unions. The object of such combinations may be various. If any success were obtained by these means, there is always a chance that...
Page 128 - Judge in person, the Court may issue a commission to such person as it thinks fit, directing him to make such investigation and to report thereon...
Page 124 - Any court in which an action is pending, or a judge thereof may, upon notice, order either party to give to the other, within a specified time, an inspection and copy, or permission to take a copy, of...
Page lxxxii - Government notes. Harbouring an offender Other offences against public justice. Rioting or unlawful assembly Personating public servant Total CLASS II.— Serious offences against the person.
Page 54 - These words were substituted for the words " every minor of whose person or property a guardian has been or shall be appointed by any Court of Justice, and every minor under the jurisdiction of any Court of Wards " by the Guardians and Wards Act (VIII of 1890), sec.
Page 125 - In cases in which an appeal is allowed the evidence of each witness shall be taken down in writing in the language of the Court...
Page 15 - ... 2nd.—That when these disputes become embittered, then, besides the question of enhancement, other questions become involved, such as the levy of certain cesses, the payment of alleged arrears, the past rates of rent, the area of actual holdings; the end of all this being that the payment of rent altogether in some places is likely to be held in abeyance for some time.

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